Liberal, Kansas Liberal, Kansas Location inside Seward County and Kansas Location inside Seward County and Kansas Liberal is the governmental center of county of Seward County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 20,525. Rogers assembled the first home in what would turn into Liberal in 1872.
Reportedly, Liberal attained its name from the common response to his acts of kindness, "That's very liberal of you." In 1885 Rogers assembled a general store, and with it came an official U.S.
Liberal is positioned at 37 2 36 N 100 55 41 W (37.043418, 100.928133) at an altitude of 2,835 feet (864 m). Located in southwestern Kansas at the intersection of U.S.
Route 54, Liberal is 140 miles (225 km) north-northeast of Amarillo, Texas, 202 mi (325 km) west-southwest of Wichita, and 288 mi (463 km) southeast of Denver, Colorado. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.75 square miles (30.43 km2), of which 11.61 square miles (30.07 km2) is territory and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) is water. Liberal has a semi-arid steppe climate (Koppen BSk) characterized by hot, dry summers, cool, dry winters, and large diurnal temperature variation year-round; relative humidity averages 63%. On average, January is the coldest month, July is the hottest month, and June is the wettest month. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 34.1 F (1.2 C) in January to 79.3 F (26.3 C) in July.
The high temperature reaches or exceeds 90 F (32 C) an average of 80 days a year and 100 F (38 C) an average of 18 days.
The minimum temperature falls to or below 0 F ( 17.8 C) on an average 5.3 days a year.
The highest temperature recorded in Liberal was 114 F (45.6 C) as recently as June 10, 1981; the coldest temperature recorded was 19 F ( 28.3 C) on January 7, 1912. On average, Liberal receives 20.15 inches (512 mm) of rain annually, a majority of which occurs from May to August, and records 58 days of calculable precipitation. Measurable snow flurry occurs an average of 8.9 days per year with 6.1 days receiving at least 1.0 inch (2.5 cm).
Typically, the average window for freezing temperatures is October 21 through April 14, and that for temperatures below 0 F or 17.8 C from January 5 to January 24. Liberal is positioned in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7. Climate data for Liberal, Kansas Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 2.1 1.7 1.6 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.8 2.3 9 As of the 2010 census, there were 20,525 citizens , 6,623 homeholds, and 4,838 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 68.6% White, 3.7% African American, 2.9% Asian, 0.8% American Indian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 20.6% from other competitions, and 3.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,623 homeholds of which 42.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, 13.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 3.03, and the average family size was 3.54. 32.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 12.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.8% were from 25 to 44; 19.4% were from 45 to 64; and 8.3% were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $40,247, and the median income for a family was $44,167.
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,666 citizens , 6,498 homeholds, and 4,756 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 63.56% White, 4.21% African American, 0.72% Native American, 3.25% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 23.93% from other competitions, and 3.27% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,498 homeholds out of which 42.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.46.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 31.7% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $36,482, and the median income for a family was $41,134.
The beef trade (ranches, feed lots and packing plants) is Liberal's biggest source of employment.
The cost of living in Liberal is mostly low; compared to a U.S.
Average of 100, the cost of living index for the town/city is 80.8. As of 2012, the median home value in the town/city was $85,600, the median chose monthly owner cost was $961 for housing units with a mortgage and $383 for those without, and the median gross rent was $648. According to Liberal's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top 10 employers in the town/city are: 2 Liberal USD 480 800 8 City of Liberal 200 Liberal has a council-manager government with a town/city commission consisting of five members propel at-large.
Each year, the commission appoints a member to serve as mayor and another to serve as vice-mayor. The town/city manager heads the town/city administration. Liberal Public Schools (Unified School District 480) operates twelve enhance schools in the city: Liberal High School (9-12) There is also a Christian school in Liberal: Fellowship Baptist School (K-12). In addition, Liberal is the end of U.S.
Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport is immediately west of the city. Publicly owned, it has two operative paved runways and is used primarily for general aviation. Pen - Air provides airline service with daily flights to Denver. Main article: Media in Liberal, Kansas Four newspapers are presented in Liberal.
The Leader & Times is the city's chief daily newspaper, presented six days a week. It is the result of the consolidation between the city's two previous dailies, the High Plains Daily Leader and the Southwest Daily Times. The publisher of the Leader & Times also prints a weekly Spanish language paper, El Lider. Seward County Community College prints a bi-weekly student newspaper, the Crusader. The fourth paper is the Liberal Light, presented weekly. Liberal is a center of broadcast media for southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle.
Two AM and seven FM airways broadcasts are licensed to and broadcast from the city. Liberal is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas tv market, and one tv station broadcasts from the city: KSWE-LD, a sister station of KDGL-LD in Sublette, Kansas. Liberal is famous for its annual Pancake Day race that is held in competition with the town of Olney, England for the quickest time between both cities.
Adventure Bay water park in Liberal (2010) Liberal has a water park known as Adventure Bay.
Liberal is home to "The Land of Oz" exhibit from The Wizard of Oz, a recreation of Dorothy Gale's home and the famed Yellow Brick Road, featuring donated bricks bearing the names of such luminaries as former U.S.
Liberal Memorial Library is positioned on North Kansas Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets in Cooper Park.
The Liberal Bee Jays, a semi-professional baseball team, have won five nationwide championships and 13 state championships.
Composer Mark So wrote his LIBERAL PLAIN SONG (for Joseph Kudirka) while stopped at a gas station in Liberal in 2005.
Griswold mentions departing the route of travel to Liberal to see the world's biggest home of mud.
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